Wordle player, did you know today’s answer is a repeat? And a famous one too.

Spoiler: The answer is CIGAR, which is also the answer to the first puzzle since June 19, 2021, when game creator Josh Wardle first launched the fun puzzle. This is also the answer when The New York Times first hosted the puzzle on Feb. 10, 2022.

Talk about Groundhog Day!

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The Times announced the change in its NYT Gameplay newsletter, which was sent out on January 28, announcing that Wordle would begin reusing previous answers. This is not a complete surprise. Wordle Editor Tracy Bennett once told TikTok that the game should expand beyond the original 2,000-word answer list.

Recycling answers seems like a smart option, although other possible options include adding plural or past-tense words, which are not currently used as Wordle answers. The puzzle may always expand to six-letter words, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen anytime soon.

Fittingly, the puzzle begins by re-using the words of Groundhog Day — the popular holiday featured in the 1993 Bill Murray comedy, where Murray’s character gets stuck in a time loop and February 2 is repeated.

Fittingly too, the game’s editors chose the very first word Wordle to use again. As mentioned above, CIGAR is Wardle’s first answer when only his family and friends know about the puzzle. It’s also the first official word after the Times began running the game in 2022.

Don’t expect a straight answer

One player nailed the answer on February 2, scoring a Wordle-in-one. They commented: “I thought it would be fun to use the Wordle zero solution as my opener. To my surprise, it’s the first reused solution. Hats off to the editors for this nice little symmetry.”

Bennett replied: “What a lucky (very intuitive) guess!” The editor of Wordle continued to say: “It’s very rare that we give this kind of flash to a day of importance, but this one seems to be a fun and inspired way to introduce this evolution of the game.”

Going forward, however, Wordle answers won’t be limited to repeated words used in previous puzzles.

“I plan to continue showing words for the first time in 2026, because there are still many beautiful new words to run,” Bennett wrote. “Outside of the current wink at Groundhog Day, I don’t plan to tie future solutions to holidays and special events.